Referring to the third mission of railway transportation, Dr. Vu said that the duty of the railway could not be considered as done when the goods were carried to their destination, The railway service must be such as to enhance the utility 7 value of the goods before it can be considered as productive.' All kinds of goods have generally four forms of utility, Lo. place utility, time utility, form utility and possession utility. Whether the railway transportation is productive or not is dependent upon whether it can help to manifest these four utilities of goods. Director Vu, he said, therefore, established long distance goods transportation at railway risk, and fs planning to provide refrigeration plants and rolling stock.
Dr. Wu then stated that the Naning-Shanghai and Shanghal-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways had in the past one and half years been doing their utmost to carry out the aims of Director Vu, and would continue to solicit ce-operation from the producers, dealers and those giving assistance to producers and dealers, in order to render responsible, coordinated and productive transportstion services to the shipping and the travelling public as a whole.
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